Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 313: Sister Support 

Ella

“Ella!” I hear my sister’s voice cry the same moment I hear the front door to the house open. I stand quickly from my seat in Sinclair’s office, Rafe awake and peaceful in my arms, and move to the open doorway.

“Cora!” I call. I see her spin away from the living room where she was looking for me and jog down the hall towards me, Roger closing the house’s main door behind him as he enters as well. Cora takes my shoulders in her hands as soon as she gets close.

–

“Are you

– are you all right?” she gasps, looking me over, and then looking down towards the baby. I can see a little relief come into her face the moment she sees us both before her, intact and safe.

“We’re okay,” I say, giving her a little smile. “For right now, we’re okay. Thank you for coming so late at night.”

My sister snaps her eyes up at me, frowning a little.

“What?” I ask.

“I just…” she says, confused, glancing back at Roger, “I didn’t expect you to be so calm.”

“Well, it happened like, eleven hours ago,” I say, raising my eyebrows at her. “We’ve had some time to process and plan

–

fully to glare at Roger coming down the hall towards us. “The way this one was pounding on

bat into hell,” he mutters, his frustrated expression matching Cora’s. “It wasn’t exactly

eyes at Roger and then turning back to me. Roger opens his mouth to retort but I reach out and give him a little shove

the investigators.

earlier if this happened hours ago? There wasn’t anything on my phone when I woke up from my nap at 9 – and then all of a sudden Roger’s

and looping my arm with Cora’s at the elbow, pulling my sister

in his team of investigators – the

war – and they wanted to…clear you. Before I was allowed

Cora asks,

I say, my mouth pulling into a

out through the house. Rafe flinches and starts to cry, still cuddled

yiving me an exasperated look as op my am mers al work to settle we baby, bobbing him in my arms. “Obviously Sinclair and I don’t suspect you! But his team needs to

can’t believe I was a suspect! After everything!” Cora says, her voice softer now, but

three hours,” I reply, rolling my eyes and wishing to mollify her because, honestly, it was more like six hours. “And obviously

it, taking a minute to breathe in deeply and then exhale. Then, slowly, she pulls her hands down her face, tucking them beneath her chin in two fists, a gesture I

says, her voice as

eyes wide with apology. “You know that I know you have

peeking out from the office. “Forgive my investigators – they

“Okay,” she says, nodding. “I

us. “You have more knowledge of it than the rest of us – you were there. We’d like to see if you remember anything from that

hair. “Of course – I’ll tell you everything. But don’t your investigators have the notes?” Cora asks, confused, “from the last

voice wheedling as I passes the baby to Sinclair and take both of Cora’s hands. The baby calms almost instantly in Sinclair’s arms. “How do you feel about…trying a little recreational

“Are you serious? Ether?” she asks, awed. “Do you – you

do

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